feed
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they feed | |
| he / she / it feeds | |
| past simple fed | |
| past participle fed | |
| -ing form feeding |
- [transitive]
to give food to a person or an animal 給（人或動物）食物；喂養；飼養 - feed somebody/something/yourself
Have you fed the cat yet? 你喂了貓沒有？ The baby can't feed itself yet (= can't put food into its own mouth). 這個嬰兒還不能自己吃東西。 - feed somebody/something sth
It's important to feed children a well-balanced diet. 給孩子吃均衡的飲食很重要。 He has to be fed liquids through a tube in his stomach. 他必須通過胃裏的管子喂液體。 - feed somebody/something (on) something
The cattle are fed (on) barley. 牛要喂大麥。 - feed something to somebody/something
The barley is fed to the cattle. 牛喂的是大麥。 - feed somebody/something with something
The animals are fed with hay and grass. 這些動物是用幹草和青草喂養的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsa2, Farminga2Most of the crop is fed to the cattle. 這種農作物大部份用來喂牛。 She fed the children on baked beans and fish fingers. 她給孩子們吃烘豆和炸魚條。 She fed the children on junk food. 她給孩子們吃垃圾食品。 Feed the kids and make sure they're in bed by nine. 給孩子們喂奶，確保他們九點前上床睡覺。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- properly
- well
- poorly
- …
- help (to)
- afford to
- on
- to
- with
- …
- a mouth to feed
- feed somebody/something/yourself
- [intransitive]
(of a baby or an animal 嬰兒或動物 to eat food 進食 Extra ExamplesEgrets and a solitary grey heron were busily feeding. 一些白鹭和一只獨居的灰蒼鹭正忙着進食。 The bears feed voraciously in summer and store energy as fat. 熊在夏季大量進食，以脂肪形式貯存能量。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- voraciously
- mainly
- mostly
- …
- on
- [transitive] feed somebody
to provide food for a person or group of people 養，養活（全家、一群人） They have a large family to feed. 他們要養活一大家人。 There's enough here to feed an army. 這兒的東西足以養活一支軍隊。 Have they been feeding you well? 他們給你吃得還好嗎？ They struggled to feed and clothe the children. 他們努力給孩子們提供食物和衣服。 Having another mouth (= person) to feed can be a strain. 有另一張嘴要喂可能是一種負擔。
Extra ExamplesHe could no longer afford to feed his family. 他再也無力養活自己的家人了。 He saw the new baby as just another mouth to feed. 在他看來，這個新生嬰兒不過是一張嗷嗷待哺的嘴。 How can we feed a hungry world? 我們如何養活一個饑餓的世界？ Let us discipline ourselves so as to help feed a hungry world. 讓我們自律，爲這個尚處於飢餓中的世界提供些食物。 The children were poorly fed. 這些孩子營養不良。 My grandmother always feeds me well. 我奶奶總是給我吃得很好。 She could barely feed and clothe herself. 她幾乎不會自己吃飯和穿衣。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- properly
- well
- poorly
- …
- help (to)
- afford to
- on
- to
- with
- …
- a mouth to feed
- [transitive] feed something
to give a plant a special substance to make it grow 施（肥等） Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- properly
- well
- poorly
- …
- help (to)
- afford to
- on
- to
- with
- …
- a mouth to feed
- [transitive, often passive]
to give advice, information, etc. to somebody/something 提供（意見或信息等）；灌輸 - be fed something
We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media. 媒體不斷給我們灌輸流言蜚語和猜測臆斷。 - be fed with something
The media were being fed with accusations and lies. 媒體上滿是指責和謊言。 - be fed to somebody
Gossip and speculation are constantly fed to us by the media. 媒體不斷把流言蜚語和猜測臆斷灌輸給我們。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- constantly
- into
- through
- to
- …
- be fed something
- [transitive, usually passive]
to supply something to somebody/something 供給；供應 - be fed (by something)
The lake is fed by a river. 這個湖由一條河流供給。 - A is fed with B
The electricity line is fed with power through an underground cable. 這條電線的電源是通過地下電纜傳輸的。 - B is fed into A
Power is fed into the electricity line through an underground cable. 電力通過地下電纜傳輸到這條電線。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- constantly
- into
- through
- to
- …
- be fed (by something)
- [transitive]
to put or push something into or through a machine 把…放進機器；將…塞進機器 - feed A (with B)
He fed the meter with coins. 他把硬幣投入停車計時收費器。 - feed B into A
He fed coins into the meter. 他把硬幣投入停車計時收費器。 The information was fed into the data store. 信息被輸入到數據庫中。 - feed something into/through something
The fabric is fed through the machine. 布料放進了機器。
Extra ExamplesReceptors constantly feed information into the system. 感受器不斷將信息提供給系統。 This feeds the paper through to the printer. 這個可以把紙導入打印機。 The data is fed directly into a computer. 數據直接輸入了電腦。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- constantly
- into
- through
- to
- …
- feed A (with B)
- [transitive] feed something
to satisfy a need, desire, etc. and keep it strong 滿足（需要、願望、欲望等）
give/eat food提供／吃食物
plant植物
give advice/information提供意見／信息
supply供給
put into machine放進機器中
satisfy need滿足需要
Word OriginOld English fēdan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeden and food.
Idioms
bite the hand that feeds you
to harm somebody who has helped you or supported you 傷害恩人；恩將仇報
feed your face
- (informal, usually disapproving)
to eat a lot of food or too much food 大吃一頓；吃得過飽